Fantastic stunts and story is engaging too.

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2005)

Even my wife liked this SciFi movie, and she generally doesn't like Fantasy or SciFi. From the beginning to end this story is engaging due to pacing, how the story is developed, stunts, and character development. I actually cared about some of the characters, which is not always the case in SciFi movies. The story engages interest right away with the sense of "something is different" morphing to "something is wrong" before outrages stunts and action gripe the viewer. Since I like trains, I especially liked the train related stunts. Current medical ethics dilemmas are raised in this story about "don't ask and I won't tell" taken to the extreme. The future is portrayed as offering a lifestyle that is relatively comfortable for many and where the extremely wealthy can live much longer due to advances in medicine coupled with a certain moral flexibility to borrow a quote from another movie. Even after the film is over, and my mind quieted down from the adrenaline rush due to intense action, I was left mulling over the real conclusion of the lead character's life and of our society's need to consider how to implement and govern scientific advances.